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I used to get really bad tonsilitis as a kid but my gp was reluctant to remove my tonsils. On one occasion when I was bad with it, Mum bought me a corgi MGB Gt car and I've still got it (and my tonsils by the way).

In 1973 I had the only surgery Ive ever had in my life.I was 5 and very scared.The day I left the hospital, My dad took me to a huge toy store called Kiddie City.He bought me the GI Joe Search for the Mummy's tomb playset.What a fantastic toy, cheered me up immediately.I still have the mummy from that set and Ill keep it forever, now that dear old dad has passed on.

What a lovely memory Brian. Toys are powerful things. They seem to connect us to lost loved ones like few other things can. That's a set I never had. I think Kiddie City may be in John Marshall's book on collecting action figures. I'll have to check.

After a visit to the dentist I was taken to the toy shop to choose a small plastic Wiking car for the H0 train set. Don't think I got anything just for being sick at home (except extra time to read, build model kits or play with the Lego or the train set :)